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How does a photograph "work?" In this book Stephen Shore brings together more than fifty images (by such photographers as Walker Evans, Eugene Atget, Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Frank Gohlke, Alfred Stieglitz, Lee Friedlander, Edward Weston, Robert Frank, William Eggleston, and Jan Groover) to illustrate a process of looking at and understanding photography. He traces the process by which the world in front of the camera is transformed into a photograph - and how that photograph, in turn, is transformed into a mental image.Read more...

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Stephen Shore brings together more than 50 images to illustrate the process of looking at and understanding photography. He traces the process by which the world in front of the camera is transformed into a photograph, and how that, in turn, is transformed into a mental image.Read more...

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"It is obvious from the book's very precision, its compact yet evocative statements, that Shore has spent years thinking through what he discusses in the book... In my roughly twenty years of writing about photography, I don't think I've come across a book that has implied so much with so few words, a book that raises so many important questions with so little fanfare and with such precision. Shore's humility is always evident, as is his fascination with things photographic, as are his credentials as a photographer. Given all this, it makes sense to listen carefully to what he has to say in The Nature of Photographs." -- James Kaufmann, Photographer's ForumRead more...

"How does a photograph "work?" In this book Stephen Shore brings together more than fifty images (by such photographers as Walker Evans, Eugene Atget, Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Frank Gohlke, Alfred Stieglitz, Lee Friedlander, Edward Weston, Robert Frank, William Eggleston, and Jan Groover) to illustrate a process of looking at and understanding photography. He traces the process by which the world in front of the camera is transformed into a photograph - and how that photograph, in turn, is transformed into a mental image."@en